Lakeith Smith was 15 when an Alabama police officer fatally shot his friend. Smith was convicted of felony murder under the state's accomplice liability law.
Lakeith Smith was 15 when an Alabama police officer fatally shot his friend. Smith was convicted of felony murder under the state's accomplice liability law.Nationwide anti-racism protests have sparked renewed outcry over the 55-year prison sentence an Alabama teen received after he was convicted under the state’s accomplice liability law in the death of his friend, who was fatally shot by a police officer in 2015.
One of Smith’s accomplices, 16-year-old A’Donte Washington, exchanged gunfire with an officer, body camera footage showed. The officer, whose identity has not been released publicly, subsequently shot and killed Washington. A grand jury cleared the officer in 2016 of any wrongdoing, calling the fatal shooting justified.
― 30 years for the felony murder, 15 years for burglary and 10 years for each of the theft charges. His sentence was reduced to 55 years in November, when a judge ruled that one of the 10-year sentences could run concurrently with the 15-year sentence.during Smith’s trial. “Lakeith was a 15-year-old child, scared to death. He did not participate in the act that caused the death of A’donte. He never shot anybody.
Two years later, as protests sparked by the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis sweep the country, activists are refocusing on Smith’s case.demanding justice for Smith and Washington had garnered over 430,000 signatures as of Monday afternoon.
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